Door for bookcases or the like.



No. 729,270. v PATENTED MAY 26, 1903.

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DOOR FOR BOOKGASES OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION PILIID MAY 26 1902.

I0 MODEL.

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SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 729,270, dated'May 26, 1903. Application filed May 26, 1902- Serial No. 168,958. (No model.)

To all whom/it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORRAL ORVAL BUIOE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Montgomery, in the county of Montgomery and State of Alabama, have invented a new and Improved Door for Bookcases or the Like, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact descriptionv The invention relates to bookcases, showcases, and like holders; and its object is to provide a new and improved door which is simple and durable in construction, easily applied, and readily moved into a closed or open position, the door when in an open position beingcompletely out of the way of theuser of the bookcase.

The invention consists of novel features andparts and combinations of the same, as will be more fully describedhereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which;

similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a rear sectional elevation of the improvement on the line 1-1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 'is a transverse section of the same, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a corner of the door.

. The box-like body A of the bookcase, showcase, or like article is formed at the inner faces of. its sides B with guideways 0, extending horizontally near the top of the boxbody, and the said guideways are preferably in the form of grooves formed in the sides B and having metal strips at the bottom, as plainly indicated in Fig. 1. The guideways O are engaged bypivots D, preferably in the form of friction-rollers, journ'aled on studs secured to the sides of the door E, near the top thereof, the door when in a closed position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, resting with its rear face on vertical strips F, secured to the inner faces of the sides B, near the front thereof.

On the upper ends of the strips F are journaled friction-rollers G for the door to rest on when-moved into an open position, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the frictionrollers G having their tops extending close to the bottom of the guideways G, at the front ends thereof. (See'Fig. 2.) Now when the door Eis in a closed position, as shown in the drawings, and it is desired to open the door, then the operator swings the door E outward, the door then turning on itspivots D in the front ends of the guideways O, and when the door has been moved into a horizontal position the operator pushes it backward, so that the pivots D slide in the guideways C and the rear face of the door travels on the top of the friction-rollers G until the pivots D reach the rear end'of the horizontal portion of the guideways O. 1 Now it will be seen that the door is now supported by the pivots D an'd'the friction-rollers G. v

In order to prevent the pivots D from binding in the guideways O, I provide the rear face of the door E at the upper corners with friction-rollers H, adapted to travel on the inner faces of the sides B directly belowthe bottoms of the guideways C, it being under- :stood th at when'the door .is swung from a closed position'into a horizontal position then the friction-rollers H clear the friction-rollers G and their studs assume avertical position for the peripheral facesofthe friction-rollers to travel on the inner faces of the sides B.

The reanends of the guideways C are preferably inclined upwardlyand rearwardly to permit of readily engaging the pivots with the guideways and assembling the parts forming the bookcase. These-upwardly-inclined portions of the guideways also serve as bufferstops for the door when it is thrust inwardly. They practically take the place'ofsprings or buffers for the rear edge of the door or for the pivots D when the door is in its horizontal position. They stop it effectually by gravity, but not suddenly, and are sure to return the front edge into proper position to be grasped by the fingers when it is desired to close it. If the guideways terminated suddenly withou tthese inclined ends, there would be danger of breaking the pivots D by the sudden abutting of thesame against the rear ends of the guideways at any timethe door happened to be thrust inward too suddenly.

When it is desired to close the door, the

operator simply draws the door outwardly in a horizontal direction until the pivots D reach the forward ends of the guideways G, and

until its inner face rests against the strips F.

The arrangement described is very simple and durable in construction and permits of moving the door in an open position completely out of the wayof the user of the hookcase.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A bookcase or like article having side resting-strips provided with rollers in their upper ends, sides having guideways near the top, said guideways terminating in rearwardlyand upwardly extendinginclines, and a door adapted to rest against the restingstrips and having pivots engaging the said guideways, as set forth.

2. A bookcase or like article having side resting-strips, guideways on the sides near the top, a door adapted to rest against the resting-strips and having pivots engaging the said guideways, and rollers on the rear face of the door, adjacent to the guideways, as set forth.

3. A bookcase or like article having side resting-strips, guideways on the sides near the top, a door adapted to rest against the resting-strips and having pivots engaging the said guideways, rollers on the rear face of the door, adjacent to the guideways, and rollers journaled on the top of the restingstrips, as set forth.

4. A bookcase or like article having guideways in the sides near the top; said guideways terminating at their inner ends in rearwardly and upwardly inclined sections; a door having pivots engaging said guideways; and supports for the front edge of the door when it is in an open position as and for the purpose set forth.

5. A bookcase or like article having guideways on its inner sides near the top, said guideways terminating in rearwardly and upwardly inclined sections; a door having pivots engaging said guideways; rollers on the rear face of the door adjacent the guideways; and roller-supports for the front portion of the door when it is in an open position, as specified and shown.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ORRAL ORVAL BUICE.

Witnesses:

N. I. BILLING, DOUGLASS MCQUEEN. 

